Leadership and Staff

Marsialle Arbuckle, Sr.

Founder, President, and CEO

Marsialle Arbuckle, Sr. founded CUYFD in 2009 after a 27-year career at Ford Motor Company. His own experience growing up in the foster care system shaped CUYFD's early work with youth in and leaving care. He speaks on youth leadership, mental health, and substance misuse prevention, and is the author of I Have a Story to Tell. He received the Spirit of Detroit Award from the Detroit City Council and the 2012 Michigan Hometown Health Hero Award.

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Marseille Arbuckle Jr.

Chief Operating Officer and Project Director

Marseille Arbuckle Jr. is co-founder, Chief Operating Officer, and Project Director of CUYFD, which he built with his father, founder Marsialle Arbuckle, Sr. He oversees CUYFD's staff and directs its prevention grants, including the Drug-Free Communities, STOP Act, Strategic Prevention Framework–Partnerships for Success, and CDC Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act grants, along with CUYFD's contract with the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network. He leads the CUYFD Coalition and CUYFD's partnerships with schools, faith communities, and government. Marseille is trained in Botvin LifeSkills Training and is completing certification as a Tobacco Treatment Specialist. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and serves on the board of Branch Line School. He also runs TwentyTwo40 LLC, a digital media and small business solutions company, and co-founded MLBbro.com, a baseball media platform focused on Black and brown players.

Staff

Gwendolyn Moore

Youth Coordinator

Gwendolyn Moore joined CUYFD in 2023 and works with youth, schools, and community partners across CUYFD's programs. She spent 28 years at Ford Motor Company, moving from finance to information technology and later becoming Chief of Staff to the Group Vice President and Chief Information Officer. She chaired the board of the Susan G. Komen Detroit Affiliate and later became its Executive Director. She is a member of the UNCF Leadership Council and the Cass Tech Alumni Association board.

Donna Wallace

Prevention Educator

Donna Wallace has been CUYFD's Prevention Educator since 2023. She delivers Botvin LifeSkills Training and Guiding Good Choices and leads CUYFD's School Partnership Program. She has more than 25 years of experience in education and human services in Detroit. From 1994 to 2010, she was Mental Health Coordinator and Disability Service Specialist at Vistas Nuevas Head Start, where she launched the program's first mental health training for parents and staff. She later mentored early childhood providers for the Great Start Collaborative. She also worked in Detroit classrooms as a paraprofessional and long-term substitute teacher, and as an academic interventionist with the Detroit Public Schools Community District. She has determined eligibility for assistance programs with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. She holds a Bachelor of Science from Eastern Michigan University.

Additional Staff

Monique Landry

Prevention Supervisor

Priscila Rabanes

Data Specialist

Marshawn Pettes

Bookkeeper

Barbara Arbuckle

Licensed Social Worker

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